09/18/2014
Bird & Bird's David Kerr: Australian merger is a possibility
Bird & Bird CEO David Kerr has overseen a period of significant growth at the former IP boutique, and more is on the horizon.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
09/18/2014
NAB pays $40,800 penalty
National Australia Bank, the Australian financial services licensee for UBank, has paid $40,800 in penalties after ASIC issued four infringement notices for potentially misleading advertisements.
09/18/2014
OTC derivatives reporting and licensing in Hong Kong - what assets managers can do now to prepare
Hong Kong’s regulatory requirements for over-the-counter derivative transactions continue to take shape.
09/18/2014
Invesco applies for China bond trade licence
Invesco is applying to trade China's local government bonds directly, betting that investing in the debt will allow it to skirt volatility from rising interest rates in the United States while getting higher yields.
09/18/2014
International law firm appoints Head of Asia
He joins BLP from DLA Piper where he was Managing Partner of the Asia Pacific region and will be based in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
09/17/2014
Stephenson Harwood shuts down in Guangzhou
The firm also became the first UK law firm to enter the Myanmar market in May 2013
09/17/2014
Hawksford director invited to speak at prestigious conference in Malaysia
The IMLC is the Malaysian Bar Council’s flagship event and is one of the most prestigious legal events to take place in Malaysia.
09/16/2014
British Virgin Islands suffers amid push against money laundering
“You are seeing stronger compliance and the banks themselves are being more risk-averse so they are making it harder to open accounts,” said Elise Donovan, head of the BVI office in Hong Kong responsible for Asia.
09/16/2014
Two plead guilty to $7m insider trading
A public servant and a National Australia Bank employee have admitted they ran a multimillion-dollar insider trading scheme.
09/15/2014
Indian banks will need more than $200 bn to meet Basel III norms: Fitch
Indian banks will need more than $200 billion to meet Basel III international banking norms by March 2019, Fitch Ratings Inc. said on Monday.
09/15/2014
Investment firm braces for legal battle in Hong Kong
Hong Kong lawmakers criticized the company for a six week delay in revealing the losses and the police raided its offices in 2009.
09/15/2014
China’s regulator warns managers to step up risk controls
The regulatory watchdog will step up its efforts to crack down on illegal activities
09/14/2014
New Zealand: Banks under-report breaches
New Zealand's financial markets watchdog suspects banks are under-reporting breaches of the Financial Advisers Act.
09/12/2014
Merrill Lynch Equities Australia handed $96,000 fine
Merrill Lynch also failed to prevent an erroneous order into the ASX Trading Platform
09/12/2014
China mulls joining Eurasian Development Bank
Feng told Global Times that he believes if China is to join the EADB, it will need to decide on its share and input in the bank as well as the functions it hopes to serve.
09/12/2014
Kirkland & Ellis epands Global Restructuring Practice in Hong Kong
He s one of the leading young restructuring lawyers practicing in Asia and focuses on cross-border transactions involving Indonesia, India, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
09/12/2014
Kirkland & Ellis Expands Global Restructuring Practice in Hong Kong
He dvises clients on all aspects of financial distress including consensual workouts, shareholder disputes, liquidations, receiverships and other enforcement options including litigation.
09/12/2014
Duane Morris launches in Sri Lanka through Gowers tie-up
US firm Duane Morris has become the first US law firm to enter Sri Lanka by forming an alliance with Sri Lanka-based Gowers International Legal Consultants.
09/12/2014
Hogan Lovells Recruits Second Hong Kong Corporate Partner of 2014
He is experienced in both domestic Hong Kong transactions as well as complex multi-jurisdictional cross-border transactions across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
09/12/2014
HK regulator sues China conglomerate Citic, ex-chairman for compensation over currency losses
The company, formerly known as Citic Pacific, warned in 2008 it would suffer losses of $2 billion after bets on the Australian dollar and other currencies to hedge costs for an Australian iron-ore operation went sour.